Supply forecasting
Ability to use past and current data on producers, suppliers, and international trade to predict what trends might impact supply in the future.
Cat avg: 7.6
Top Performing Features
Supplier delivery scheduling
Software that creates supplier delivery appointments.
Cat avg: 7.9
Demand forecasting
Similar to demand sensing, but draws on more historical data to create a forecast of future demand.
Cat avg: 7.9
Customer analytics
Ability to analyze customer data and produce reports.
Cat avg: 7.6
Worst Performing Features
Shipping performance
Monitoring of shipping performance.
Cat avg: 7.6
Resource optimization
Ability to allocate resources/materials across the supply chain in the most efficient way.
Cat avg: 7.8
Custom alerts
Real-time alerts of supply chain activity such as shipping status or problems.
Cat avg: 8.1
StockIQ Technologies Features from Reviews
Supply Chain Planning
Integrating the activities of different parties throughout the supply chain, and monitoring external and internal conditions that may affect the production of goods.
8.2+6%
Custom alerts
Real-time alerts of supply chain activity such as shipping status or problems.
Category average: 8.1
Resource optimization
Ability to allocate resources/materials across the supply chain in the most efficient way.
Category average: 7.8
Supply forecasting
Ability to use past and current data on producers, suppliers, and international trade to predict what trends might impact supply in the future.
Category average: 7.6
Order Fulfillment Management
Overseeing the process that takes a product from sale to delivery.
8.6+7%
Purchase order generation
Ability to produce purchase orders after a sale has been made.
Category average: 8
Supplier delivery scheduling
Software that creates supplier delivery appointments.
Category average: 7.9
Logistics and Transportation Management
The activities surrounding the movement of goods from one manufacturing stage to the next and then onto the final consumer.
5.5-27%
Shipping performance
Monitoring of shipping performance.
Category average: 7.6
Demand Management
Monitoring and reporting on market demand conditions.
9.1+17%
Demand forecasting
Similar to demand sensing, but draws on more historical data to create a forecast of future demand.
Category average: 7.9
Customer analytics
Ability to analyze customer data and produce reports.
Category average: 7.6
Inventory stock optimization
Using price and inventory forecasting to optimize inventory stock levels.
Category average: 7.9
Sales and operations planning
Ability to plan future sales and operations based off of current and historical data.
Category average: 7.9
StockIQ Technologies Features from the Vendor
Supply Chain Planning
Vendor-contributedCustom alerts
Real-time alerts of supply chain activity such as shipping status or problems.
Scenario-based planning
Software that allows users to run simulations for different scenarios, based on changes in circumstances like level of demand, in order to plan for all likely outcomes.
Resource optimization
Ability to allocate resources/materials across the supply chain in the most efficient way.
Supply forecasting
Ability to use past and current data on producers, suppliers, and international trade to predict what trends might impact supply in the future.
Capacity estimation
Ability to determine how much production capacity is needed to produce a specific product at scale to meet demand needs.
Supply network coordination
Improving supply chain performance by aligning the plans and objectives of each partner in the supply chain (e.g. producers and transportation and logistics).
Order Fulfillment Management
Vendor-contributedPurchase order generation
Ability to produce purchase orders after a sale has been made.
Supplier delivery scheduling
Software that creates supplier delivery appointments.
Logistics and Transportation Management
Vendor-contributedShipping performance
Monitoring of shipping performance.
Demand Management
Vendor-contributedDemand forecasting
Similar to demand sensing, but draws on more historical data to create a forecast of future demand.
Customer analytics
Ability to analyze customer data and produce reports.
Inventory stock optimization
Using price and inventory forecasting to optimize inventory stock levels.
Sales and operations planning
Ability to plan future sales and operations based off of current and historical data.
Pricing and promotion tracking
Ability to track promotion campaigns (this may be used more by retailers).
Additional Features
Vendor-contributedChannel Forecasting
Customer Forecasting
Hierarchy Forecasting
ABC/SKU Rationalization
Customer Service Optimization
Inventory Projections
Container/Truck Loading
Rough Cut Capacity Planning
Inventory Balancing
Lead Time Calculations
Blanket Purchase Orders